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Allowed14 February 20253348972

Rokeby School, George Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7PB

Planning appeal 3348972 at Rokeby School, George Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7PB (Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames) was allowed on 14 February 2025 by Inspector Pannell G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed increase in pupil numbers on highway safety and the living conditions of residents within the Coombe Estate, in respect of noise and disturbance.

Provision of three classrooms at first floor level above the existing sports hall (ridge height unchanged) on the eastern boundary, single storey extension of the existing Design and Technology classroom to the rear, new electrical substation and associated works, capping pupil numbers to 420

Authority
Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
community-institutional · Other minor developments
Inspector
Pannell G
Postcode
KT2 7PB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed increase in pupil numbers on highway safety and the living conditions of residents within the Coombe Estate, in respect of noise and disturbance

What decided it

The 2024 School Travel Plan was found to provide adequate mitigation to prevent the proposal from worsening highway safety or residential amenity compared with the existing situation.

the mitigation secured through the 2024 School Travel Plan and planning obligation was found sufficient to outweigh concerns over increased traffic and noise, such that no additional harm arose from the increase in pupil numbers

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
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National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 57

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